I always use a card reader. So far, I haven't had any damage to the contacts (at least none that I'm aware of).
Jeffery On Oct 15, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > Hi, > > I always transfer pictures to my PC using its card reader. I can't remember > why > I decided to do it this way, possibly because it is faster and doesn't eat > the > camera's battery. > > However, I have been in contact with a person specialized in recovery disks > and > cards from hardware failures, and he showed me how fragile the contacts in > the > memory cards are. Also he told me horror stories about cards being damaged > only > by taking them in and out of the camera...all this scared me a bit, frankly. > > So...how do you tranfer your pictures? Do you think that there is a risk in > removing frequently the card from the camera? > > Thanks, > Jaume > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
